Ballad Of Barbara

Johnny Cash

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Intro: Verse In a southern town where I was born That’s where I got my education I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods And I wondered at creation I recall the sun in a sky of blue And the smell of green things growin’ And I lived everyday and I lived anyway Anyway the wind was blowin’ But then I heard of a cultured city life Breath-takin’ lofty steeples And the day I called myself a man I left my land and my people verse 2 And I rambled North and I rambled East And I tested and I tasted And a girl or two took me round and round But always left me wasted In a world that saw concrete and steel With nothin’ green ever growin’ Where the buildings hide the rising sun And stop the free wind from blowin’ Where they sleep all day and they wake all night To a world of drink and laughter I met that girl that I thought would be The one that I was after verse 3 In a soft blue gown and a formal tux Beneath that lofty steeple He said do you Barbra take this man Will you be one of his people And she said I will and she said I do And the world looked mighty pretty And we lived in a fancy downtown flat Cause she loved the noisy city Then the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky And I longed for green things growin’ And I talked of home and my people there But she’d not agree to goin’ verse 4 Then her hazel eyes turned away from me With a look that wasn’t very pretty And she turned into concrete and steel And she said I take the city verse 5 Now the cars go by on the interstate And my pack is on my shoulder And I’m goin’ home where I belong Much wiser now and older

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La chanson évoque le parcours d'un homme qui, après avoir grandi dans une petite ville du Sud, s’éloigne de ses racines pour découvrir la vie urbaine. Il partage ses souvenirs d'une enfance baignée de nature, de moments simples et de bonheur. En quête d'une vie plus sophistiquée, il se laisse séduire par la ville, rencontre une femme qu'il pense être celle de sa vie, mais finit par réaliser que la vie citadine ne lui apporte pas le bonheur escompté. Face à l'éloignement de ses valeurs et de son milieu, il comprend qu'il désire retourner chez lui, plus sage et conscient des choses qui comptent vraiment. Le contexte de cette chanson revient sur le dilemme entre les aspirations modernes et l'attachement aux racines. La lutte entre l'attrait d'une existence urbaine et le désir d'un retour aux sources résonne avec des thèmes universels de perte, de recherche d'identité et de nostalgie.

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